If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

You cry and you scream and you stomp your feet and you shout. You say, 'You know what? I'm giving up, I don't care.' And then you go to bed and you wake up and it's a brand new day, and you pick yourself back up again.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

I have always supported measures and principles and not men.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove.

There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you're dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That's a normal marriage.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children.

I was raised in the greatest of homes... just a really great dad, and I miss him so much... he was a good man, a real simple man... Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun.

I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

If no one shopped on Thanksgiving Day, the stores wouldn't open. End of story. I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more.